MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508261200F034.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 34 hour NAM valid 22Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 44.12,-94.31 Latitude: 44.12 Longitude: -94.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 133 SFC 980 304 22.6 21.2 92 1.4 21.6 147 7 297.4 300.3 295.4 344.8 16.38 2 950 578 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 185 12 298.5 300.9 293.7 337.6 13.45 3 900 1045 18.2 14.1 77 4.1 15.5 227 19 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.5 11.32 4 850 1532 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 233 19 300.5 302.5 292.7 333.6 11.26 5 800 2041 11.1 10.4 96 0.6 10.7 276 16 302.9 304.8 292.4 332.5 9.96 6 750 2577 7.5 6.3 92 1.2 6.8 308 18 304.7 306.2 291.3 328.7 7.99 7 700 3143 4.4 -2.8 59 7.2 1.0 305 18 307.4 308.2 289.1 321.2 4.46 8 650 3742 0.9 -11.3 40 12.2 -4.0 308 18 310.0 310.5 288.1 318.0 2.48 9 600 4380 -3.1 -18.4 29 15.3 -8.1 311 21 312.6 312.8 287.9 317.5 1.49 10 550 5063 -7.2 -27.9 17 20.7 -12.4 315 24 315.5 315.6 288.1 317.9 0.70 11 500 5797 -12.5 -32.4 17 19.9 -16.6 322 26 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.50 12 450 6592 -18.2 -36.4 19 18.2 -21.2 322 32 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.38 13 400 7460 -24.4 -37.4 29 12.9 -26.3 323 39 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.38 14 350 8417 -31.9 -42.9 33 10.9 -33.0 319 49 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 15 300 9487 -40.3 -53.1 24 12.8 -40.9 314 57 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.09 16 250 10707 -48.3 -61.4 21 13.1 -48.7 306 71 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.04 17 200 12155 -53.3 -70.1 11 16.9 -53.6 308 79 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13996 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 313 64 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16556 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 318 41 414.0 414.0 307.0 414.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.55 m Freezing level: 638.43 mb = 3889.44 m = 12760.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.28 mb = 3255.86 m = 10681.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.51 mb = 473.78 m = 1554.39 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 16.06 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1325.18 m = 4347.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 25.63 C K Index: 32.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1259.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.15 mb = 1167.72 m = 3831.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.15 mb = 1411.14 m = 4629.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.15 mb = 10913.97 m = 35806.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1258.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.15 mb = 13904.91 m = 45619.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 201.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 13.77 Bulk Shear: 91.48 m/s